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Hawaii Community College at Hilo-Courtyard

Hawaii Community College is a

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with two campuses on the

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. It is part of the University of Hawaiʻi System and is

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by the

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Hawaii Community College at Hilo

Hawaii Community College at Hilo is a public, co-educational commuter

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in Hilo, Hawaii on the

. It is one of ten branches of the University of Hawaiʻi System anchored by the

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa The University of Hawaii at Mānoa (University of Hawaii—Mānoa, UH Mānoa, Hawai'i, or simply UH) is a public land-grant research university in Mānoa, a neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is the flagship campus of the University of Haw ...

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and is accredited by the

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. The campus is less than a mile away from the

University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo The University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo) is a public university in Hilo, Hawaii. It is one of ten general campuses of the University of Hawaii system. It was founded as Hilo Center at Lyman Hall of the Hilo Boys School in 1945 and was a bran ...

. The two schools share some facilities, including the library, some classrooms and offices. The college began in 1941 as the Hawaiʻi Vocational School.

Hawaiʻi Community College at Pālamanui

Hawaii Community College at Pālamanui, North Kona, opened in August, 2015.Hawaii Community College at Pālamanui
/ref> Associate degrees in culinary art, nursing, liberal arts, science, etc., can be obtained.

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* 1941 establishments in Hawaii Community colleges in Hawaii University of Hawaiʻi Education in Hawaii County, Hawaii Schools accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Buildings and structures in Hilo, Hawaii Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Education in Hilo, Hawaii {{Hawaii-university-stub